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单词 svelte
释义 svelte
adjective
also svelt \ˈsfelt, ˈsve-\
(-er/-est)
Etymology: French, from Italian svelto, from past participle of svellere to pull out, stretch out, modification (influenced by s-, from Latin ex- ex- (I)) of Latin evellere to pull out, from e- ex- (I) + vellere to pull — more at vulnerable
1.
 a. : slender, trim, lithe
  < her figure is svelte >
  < she … looked … very svelte in a trim dark suit — Morris Gilbert >
  < a darting minnow with its svelte shadow beneath it — C.E.Craddock >
 b. : having clean lines : smooth, sleek
  < svelte knitted bathing suits — Fortune >
2. : urbane, sophisticated, suave
 < has spoken in his usual svelte accents — Nathaniel Peffer >
 < this is cold praise … and if there were no more to say we should have here only another svelte artist of the deep freeze — Dudley Fitts >
 < a svelte monthly magazine … for Italians all over the world — Horace Sutton >
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